Armageddon (1998). When an asteroid the size of Texas is about to hit the earth, NASA called out a group of oil drillers to fly off space to drill holes in the asteroid and plant a bomb inside it so it will shatter into pieces before it hits earth. This sci-fi movie starred Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler (among others), and is directed by Michael Bay.
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The year this was released, I was in my third year in college, and there were arguments as to what was the better film - Armageddon or Deep Impact. Personally, "Deep Impact" was more accurate, but the couch potato in me enjoyed watching "Armageddon" more as it was somewhat lighter to watch, it made me laugh and cry. This might be a little juvenile of an answer, but this group of drillers had 18 days, the people at "Deep Impact" had a year, and still they had to leave someone behind to help save the earth. :)
Anyway, if there is one movie that I watched the most number of times, this would be it. I watched it numerous times the year it was shown (and I did watch it at the cinema, too), and the school year after, I decided to leave college and I lived with my aunt in La Union, and she had the VHS copy of this movie, which my cousins and I watch at least thrice a week. If this is shown on TV, I'd still watch it... and never did I get tired watching it. The storyline was a bit surreal, but what the heck, it was an enjoyable movie (I laughed at certain scenes), and quite touching, too; my most favorite scene was when the boy holding the space rocket toy said to his mom, "Mom, that salesman's on TV!"
